The Ibanez TS808HW is a Hand-Wired deluxe Tube Screamer built with the pro musician in mind.

The Ibanez Tube Screamer, in its many versions and forms, can be found on pedal boards in every corner of the globe, on arena stages and in small studios and bedrooms. Its warm overdrive is a sound many players, from advanced to beginner, could never do without.

Encased in a special, heavy duty metal box, the Ibanez TS808HW is Hand-Wired with select JRC4558D chips (same as the revered and often imitated TS808) and uses Japanese highend OFC cable (AWG21). Equipped with True Bypass, this Tube Screamer sends pure guitar excitement to your amplifier with no tonal loss whatsoever. This is, by far, the most evolved Tube Screamer ever created.

The best I have used it is better than the reissue ts808 their is more bottom end and also cut through the mix better this is a far better buy if you have the extra cash.Be quick to get one Ibanez are only making 50 unit a month and it is a limited edition model so should increase in value.

I have worked at a couple of different guitar shops. I have been playing for over ten years and been recording for over 5. I think I have developed a good ear by now.

So....this thing is pricey, but if that is an issue than this is not the pedal for ya, nothing personal. it is what it is.

So I tried blindfolded (not making this up) 7 different tube drivers with a les paul studio and a custom strat with noisless pickups through a peavey classic 30 and a 1974 fender super reverb. this pedal always (i repeat ALWAYS) came out on top. No snake oil or placebo effect here. this thing sings. or screams. whatev. u get the picture.

If your looking for the holy grail of tube drivers and you can't find an original TS with the Texas Instrument chip or the JRC4558D then this is the way to go. Or you can't justify the price of a real vintage one on fleabay.

I was debating between getting one of the reissues and sending it in for a mod, but this did everything I wanted and more.

works great as a preamp boost for natural breakup or as a screaming overdrive. you really cannot go wrong.